Receptacle for fluids.



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REGEPTACLE FOR FLUIDS.

` Specification of Letters Patent.

ratentedruly 14, 190s.

Applicationiled December 7, 1907. Serial No. 405,515.

To all whom 'it mcy concern:

' Be'it'known that I, HARRY FCAL'L, re-

l siding at Stockbridge, State of Massachuledge and wal 'of the tube.vpart is to be lifted'up by the finger-hold after -be, when thevfinger-ho setts, have invented certain Improvements in Receptacles forFluids, of which the following is a specication.

The invention about to be described relates to that class of tubularreceptacles employed for containing fluids and moist solids such asmilk, oysters and other shell iish for transportation.

In carrying out the invention I provide a tubular receptacle composed,iirst, of a tube made from a single iece of card or straw board cut insuch a ashion that when it is rolled up there is provided at each end aninner ledge or abutment and second, of a disk secured in the lower endof the tube and of a second disk at the upper end of the tube havin ascore or indentation across its upper si e and provided on one side witha proecting tanger finger-hold, and also with a third disk laced 1nthe'upper end of the tube over t e second disk to assist in' preventingleakage of the contents of the tube. The second disk is of peculiarconstruction, being scored or indented across its diameter and slightlydished inward, and

when in place one semi-circular part is free to'be lifted up by the tangor finger-hold while the op osite part is secured to the When the loosethe third dik i rlelilgvedbmlltance is fmf., owing to t e is co ation ot e disk, and while the loose part is thus held up the tube is iilled orem tied, as the case may Ildisreleased, where# upon the disk returnsAto' its place upon the ledge, as owing to its resiliency it acts as aspring; all of which I will now proceed to describe -and point out inthe claims.

Of the drawings, which -form apart of and illustrate thisspeciflcation--Figurel 1 isa plan view of the blank for the tubular partof the invention cut from card board of any suitablekind Fig. -2 is asection through the completed rece tacle; Fig. 3 is aviewof the u perend of t e receptacle; and Fig. 4 is a plan view -of the second dis Inthe drawings, a is a blank cut from card board `having the offsets. 1,1, on two op osite e ges making the blank .of two wlths. The blank thusshaped 1s long enough to fold aboutaformer, thel narrower Width a2 beingrst wound and ,then the .tang or finger-hold c2 is wider 4.width a.a iswound around "it. The ends of theblank are referably ta ered or skivedso that they W'l lap on to t e'adjacent surfaces smoothly, asrepresented in Fig. 3. Before bein wound, or during the process ofwinding, the surfaces of the blank are covered with glue -or someanhydrous stickin lsubstance so that when the winding is comp eted aractically solid and waterproof tube is pro uced. This covering is, of:

course, complete and unbroken, so that the tube will be completelywaterproof, as well as have its rolled form preserved, by the adhesive.'

As will be seen, by wind'hig the narrower part a2 first, when the tubeis completed interior ledgesl or abutments l are produced at each end ofthe tube. A disk b is inserted 'l for the bottom of the tubel and isheld in place by the above-mentioned adhesive substance it is preferredthat the disk be a little above or within\.the`edgeof the tube, so thatit will not be disturbedwhen the tube is resting thereon.

At the upper end of the tube I provide a second disk c to rest upon theledge or abutment, and in order to further prevent leakage and Atofurther protect the contents of the tube, another or third disk d isforcedin on top .of the disk c. The disk c has a score or indentation c2across its upper surface and one side is rovided with a tang or erholdc1.; an the disk is dished so that w en it is placed upon the ledge itscenter, c3, extends inward, and the tang projects upward, as shown inFig. 2.

When the disk c is placed upon the ledge the periphery of the sideopposite the tang is secured tothe tube by means of adhesive substance,leaving the opposite side free,

pressure to keep the said side closed upon lthe ledge.

When the receptacle is furnished to the trade, all of the .disks are inplace, and with the interior of the tube are coated with some anhydrous,material, as paraffin, tol prevent the abso tion of moisture. l

- When t e rece tacle is to be filled, or emlptied, the outer disk d isremoved, and t e asped and the art cf pulled upward, as in 'cated indotted es m'Fig. 2, whereupon the tube may be' iilled, o the -contentsturned out, and upon shoulderJ and a top of its peri hery -ad releasingthe tang the' part c4 returns b i its own reslliency-to the ledge, andvthe tu e is closed. This *operation can be relrieatedly` released.

It will be seen that the invention furnishes a cheap and reliablereceptacle and one that, after being cleansed, can be used again, ifdesiredn cla-im as my invention- 1. A cylindrical tubular fluid-tightreceptacle -formed of a single straight piece of cardboard one portionof which is narrower than the rest and having one side coated with anadhesive and then rolled up whereby an inner shoulder is formed neareachend, a bottom disk adhesively secured against one disk having aportion esively secured a ainst the other s oulder, said top diskbeing-(lished and scored tovform a hinge between the secured portion andthe free portion, the dish form of the `disk and its secured portionadapting its free portion t6 b opened outwardly against spring pressure,the whole.

bottom disk adhesively secured against one shoulderland a top diskhaving a portion of its perip1 ery adhesively secured against the others oulder, the'said disk being `dished and having a free portion adaptedto be opened outwardly against spring pressure,

an outerdisk being forced in above the said' top disk.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in theresence of two subscribing Witnesses, this t `rd day of December 1907.

HARRY F. CALL.

Witnesses:

L. H. FENN, DANIEL B.`FENN.

